MolluscaBase taxon details
Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883)
532263 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:532263)
accepted
Species
Eulima sarissa R. B. Watson, 1883 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Melanella cinca Dall, 1927 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Eulima sarissa R. B. Watson, 1883) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 119-120 [details]
page(s): 119-120 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Melanella sarissa (R. B. Watson, 1883). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=532263 on 2025-09-10
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original description
(of Melanella cinca Dall, 1927) Dall, W. H. (1927). Small shells from dredgings off the southeast coast of the United States by the United States Fisheries Steamer "Albatross", in 1885 and 1886. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 70(2667): 1-134., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15670453 [details]
original description (of Eulima sarissa R. B. Watson, 1883) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 119-120 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Souza, L. S.; Pimenta, A. D.; Barros, J. C. N. (2021). Revision of the bathyal Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) from off Northeast Brazil. <em>Zootaxa.</em>4927(4): 451-504., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.1
page(s): 474-476 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Eulima sarissa R. B. Watson, 1883) Watson, R. B. (1879-1883). Mollusca of H.M.S. 'Challenger' Expedition. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 14: 506-529, 586-605, 692-716 [1879]; 15: 87-126, 217-230 [1880], 245-274, 388-412, 413-455, 457-475 [1881]; 16: 247-254, 324-343, 358-372, 373-392 [1882], 594-611 [1883]; 17: 26-40, 112-130, 284-293, 319-340, 341-346 [1883]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99383
page(s): 119-120 [details]
context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]
additional source Souza, L. S.; Pimenta, A. D.; Barros, J. C. N. (2021). Revision of the bathyal Eulimidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) from off Northeast Brazil. <em>Zootaxa.</em>4927(4): 451-504., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4927.4.1
page(s): 474-476 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NHMUK collection (Eulima sarissa R. B. Watson, 1883; HOLOTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:3501113) (from synonym Eulima sarissa R. B. Watson, 1883)
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
